Present-biased government and sovereign debt dynamics

DOI10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102579zbMath1483.91133OpenAlexW3211093697MaRDI QIDQ2075645

Siqi Zhao, Jinqiang Yang, Yu'an Li

Publication date: 15 February 2022

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2021.102579

zbMATH Keywords

commitmentsovereign debtpresent-biased preferences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Financial networks (including contagion, systemic risk, regulation) (91G45)

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